[KKS2000]04 (NGC1052-DF2) has become a controversial and well-studied galaxy after the claims suggesting a lack of dark matter and the presence of an anomalously bright globular cluster (GC) system around it. A precise determination of its overall star formation history (SFH) as well as a better characterisation of its GC or planetary nebulae (PN) systems are crucial aspects to: i) understand its real nature, in particular placing it within the family of ultra diffuse galaxies; ii) shed light on its possible formation, evolution, and survival in the absence of dark matter. With this purpose we expand on the knowledge of [KKS2000]04 from the analysis of OSIRIS@GTC spectroscopic data. On the one hand, we claim the possible detection of two new PNe and confirm membership of 5 GCs. On the other hand, we find that the stars shaping [KKS2000]04 are intermediate-age to old (90\% of its stellar mass older than 5 Gyr, average age of 8.7 ± 0.7 Gyr) and metal-poor ([M/H] ∼ -1.18 ± 0.05), in general agreement with previous results. We do not find any clear hints of significant changes in its stellar content with radius. In addition, the possibility of [KKS2000]04 being a tidal dwarf galaxy with no dark matter is highly disfavoured.
@article{arxiv.1903.09163,
title = {Stellar content, planetary nebulae, and globular clusters of [KKS2000]04 (NGC1052-DF2)},
author = {T. Ruiz-Lara and I. Trujillo and M. A. Beasley and J. Falcón-Barroso and A. Vazdekis and M. Filho and M. Monelli and J. Román and J. Sánchez Almeida},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.09163},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
10 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS